How to Use focus in a Sentence

focus

1 of 2 noun

• His life lacks a focus.
• He's successful, but he feels that his life lacks focus.
• Then all the focus can be on the annual game of the year.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• And people got caught up in the house and lost focus of the end goal.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2021
• There is also a focus on the health of the planet and guests.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2020
• Now the target is fixed, and the songs keep it sharply in focus.
  — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• The focus is on the fact that this was a massive abuse of power.
  — Ericka Blount Danois, The Root, 20 Feb. 2018
• The analog in health care is a laser focus on the patient.
  — Amit Phull, STAT, 23 Dec. 2019
• Since day one, my focus has been to peel back the onion on this.
  — Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2020
• The focus of the first two parts, rather, centers on the boat crash.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023
• The goal is to emerge from the fast with a clearer mind and a sharper focus.
  — Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 14 Nov. 2019
• The focus is on themselves and the way their partner makes them feel.
  — Amanda Mitchell, Marie Claire, 23 Oct. 2018
• The first two questions have been the focus in recent weeks.
  — Chip Roy, National Review, 20 Mar. 2020
• This shift in focus has led to a number of fresh starts for the actress.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Dec. 2022
• Eyes are forward with a focus on the future, not the past.
  — Washington Post, 11 May 2022
• At first, the focus was on the basics: reading and math.
  — Washington Post, 18 June 2021
• Stringham was drawn to the event because of its focus on demos.
  — Caroleine James, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2021
• And that could shift even more focus to reading and math in younger grades.
  — al, 11 Dec. 2019
• As such, designing the new kitchen was a key focus of the process.
  — Jessica Dailey, ELLE Decor, 20 Dec. 2019
• Hoadley’s main focus in the campaign has been on health care.
  — NBC News, 30 Oct. 2020
• Our focus is to defend, defend and keep pucks out of the net.
  — Jeff Metcalfe, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2020
• And try to make protein a focus throughout the rest of your day’s meals and snacks too.
  — SELF, 4 Mar. 2021
• My focus is on this team and on my wife getting ready to have our first child.
  — Mike Bianchi, OrlandoSentinel.com, 5 Nov. 2017
• Their focus was on each other as the race rose to its climax.
  — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2019
• That focus on the early grades can pay off by the time children reach third grade.
  — Nyssa Kruse, Arkansas Online, 21 Apr. 2022
• The movie has its flaws, the biggest of which is a lack of narrative focus.
  — Patrick Cooley, cleveland.com, 21 Dec. 2017
• There’s a heightened focus this year on when the school year is set to begin.
  — Talia Richman, baltimoresun.com, 16 Nov. 2019
• Along with football, the focus will be on mental health and life skills.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2021
• So suddenly, her focus on the body always came back to the mind.
  — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Sep. 2019
• Repeat it enough times and a new world comes into focus.
  — Hua Hsu, Bon Appétit, 18 Oct. 2022

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focus

2 of 2 verb

• I wasn't able to get the camera to focus.
• I wasn't able to focus the camera.
• She has an amazing ability to focus for hours at a time.
• The food menu will focus on bratwursts and small bites.
  — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Dec. 2021
• The Gators were focused just enough in the second half.
  — USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2017
• Your brain is able to take a break and then re-focus again.
  — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2022
• The team was split and some wanted to focus on a vaccine.
  — Gregory Zuckerman, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2020
• You are focused on getting food on the table and putting gas in the car.
  — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• Users who see poorly may focus more on the sounds around them.
  — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 7 Sep. 2021
• Place a wood block or a brick between the vehicle and the tire to focus the weight on the bead.
  — Car and Driver, 11 July 2020
• Warnings focus on an area the size of a city or small county.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2023
• The team played with a heavy heart, but was focused from the very beginning.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 29 Dec. 2019
• Most mobile games focus on how to part you from your cash.
  — Simon Hill, Wired, 10 Sep. 2021
• And hopefully when the game comes, they'll be focused on the game.
  — Matt Zenitz, AL.com, 30 Aug. 2017
• Take one or two smaller debts and focus on those first.
  — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2022
• There is less depth and less focus in their thinking skills.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2019
• The initial idea was to focus on about a dozen venues in five or six cities, but that soon grew.
  — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Mar. 2021
• The rest of her style tenets shared onstage focused more on those who inspire her.
  — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 24 Oct. 2017
• Make a plan with your child that focuses on wellness and health above all.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2020
• These are better questions to focus on than the one about cheating.
  — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2023
• With the sun in Taurus, focus on your health in a more holistic way.
  — Randon Rosenbohm, Allure, 31 Mar. 2019
• Instead, focus on getting a balance of protein sources over the course of the day.
  — Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping, 5 Oct. 2021
• The key feature of ultrasound is that it can be focused, just like light with a lens.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2023
• Hundreds of thousands of women have left the job market to focus on their kids.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
• Rather than dwelling on the past, Jameson is focused on what’s next.
  — Lizzie Hyman, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2023
• Since the wedding, Tiffany has been able to focus on her healing.
  — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 2 July 2020
• Don’t track time on the clock, but instead focus on outcomes.
  — Kyle Sherman, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2021
• Peters is focused on making this bowl game and the offseason a big one.
  — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2017
• The month and date change to focus on key moments in those three different summers.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 1 May 2021
• So givers should focus on three key tax breaks for donations.
  — Laura Saunders, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024